Parents are disgusted and shocked after a video surfaced on social media appearing to show a crying toddler forced under a plastic container at a Des Moines-area day care while employees laugh.

The woman who posted the video said she used to work at Traditions Children’s Center in West Des Moines, where the incident happened.

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Concerned parents sent the video to KCCI. “All you can see is a tote being held down by one of the staff members. There’s a little girl, she pops up and you can see she’s crying,” one parent said.

The video was posted on the social media app Snapchat. “I did my part because I am a mandatory reporter, so I did contact the worker,” the woman said.

The video was shot a month ago, but Kristen Netteland, who owns the day care, told KCCI she only found out about the incident this week.

“When the video came to the attention of the director, both individuals were asked about the situation,” Netteland wrote in an email to employees. “As a result of the investigation, neither individuals work for Traditions.”

“I understand one minute, kids can go from laughing and playing to crying, but if you know the little girl’s under there crying, don’t laugh and hold it back down,” one concerned parent said. “Just let her out. And it was wrong for them to post it, too.”

Netteland said the day care is working with the Department of Human Services as the investigation continues. She said the action of two day care workers does not represent the center.